Platon is a masculine given name and surname which may refer to:

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Plato (exarch) Plato (; ) was the Exarch of Ravenna from 645 to 649. He is known primarily for his monothelitism, as well as for his opposition to Pope Theodore I, whom he convinced Patriarch Paul II of Constantinople to break with. He is first attested as ex ...

(), romanized as Plátōn, Exarch of Ravenna in the Byzantine Empire from 645 to 649 * Platon, obscure ancient Greek writer of uncertain date, whose attributed works share a name with those of Aristagoras (poet) * Platon Atanacković (1788–1867), Serbian writer, linguist, patron of Serb culture and Eastern Orthodox bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka *

Platon Chirnoagă Platon Chirnoagă (October 24, 1894 – March 29, 1974) was a Romanian brigadier-general during World War II. Chirnoagă was born in 1894 in Poduri, Bacău County, one of eight children of Gheorghe Chirnoagă, a teacher, and his wife, Olimpia; o ...

(1894–1974), Romanian brigadier-general during World War II * Platon Drakoulis (1858–1942), Greek socialist politician * Platon Gamaleya (1766–1817), Russian Empire naval officer and navigation scientist of Ukrainian origin * Platon Ioseliani (1810–1875), Georgian historian and Russian Empire civil servant * Platon Ivanov (1863–1939), Russian-Finnish civil servant * Platon Jovanović (1874–1941), better known as Platon of Banja Luka, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Banja Luka and hieromartyr * Platon Karsavin (1854–1922), Russian Imperial Ballet dancer and dance teacher *

Platon Kerzhentsev Platon Mikhailovich Kerzhentsev (), (real name Lebedev (Ле́бедев), pseudonym V. Kerzhentsev; 4 August 1881 – 2 June 1940) was a Soviet Union, Soviet state and party official, revolutionary, diplomat, journalist, historian, playwri ...

(1881–1940), Soviet state and party official, revolutionary, diplomat, journalist, historian, playwright and theatre and arts theorist * Platon Kostiuk (1924–2010), Soviet and Ukrainian physiologist, neurobiologist, electrophysiologist and biophysicist * Platon Krivoshchyokov (born 1968), Russian former footballer * Platon Kulbusch (1869–1919), Estonian Orthodox Bishop of Tallinn and All Estonia *

Platon Lebedev Platon Leonidovich Lebedev (Russian: Плато́н Леони́дович Ле́бедев; born 29 November 1956) is a Russian businessman and former CEO of Group Menatep. He was convicted of tax evasion, money laundering and embezzlement by ...

(born 1956), Russian businessman *

Platon Levshin Plato II or Platon II (29 June 1737 – 11 November 1812) was the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan of Moscow from 1775 to 1812. He personifies the Russian Enlightenment, Age of Enlightenment in the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born at Chash ...

(1737–1812), Metropolitan of Moscow * Platon Maiboroda (1918–1989), Soviet and Ukrainian composer and educator *

Platon Obukhov Platon Alexeevich Obukhov (; born 9 September 1968 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian journalist, writer, translator and painter. Writer, journalist, translator and painter Platon Obukhov has authored twenty fiction books, including science fiction. ...

(born 1968), Russian journalist, writer, translator and painter convicted of spying for the UK * Platon Oyunsky, pen name of Platon Sleptsov (1893—1939), Yakut Soviet writer, philologist and bureaucrat * Platon Poretsky (1846–1907), Russian Imperial astronomer, mathematician and logician * Platon Rozhdestvensky (1866–1934), first American Orthodox archbishop *

Platon Zakharchuk Platon Platonovich Zakharchuk (; born 10 September 1972) is a Russian professional Association football, football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for FC Torpedo Naberezhnye Chelny. ...

(born 1972), Russian football coach and former player *

Platon Zubov Prince Platon Alexandrovich Zubov (; ) was the last of Catherine the Great's favourites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign. Early life The prince was a member of the Zubov Russian noble family a ...

(1767–1822), last of Catherine the Great's favorites and the most powerful man in the Russian Empire during the last years of her reign *

Platon (photographer) Platon (born Platon Antoniou, born 20 April 1968) is a British portrait and documentary photographer. Biography Platon was born on 20 April 1968 in Greece. His father (Jim Antoniou) was a Greek architect and illustrator and his mother is an ...

(born 1968), Greek-English photographer Platon Antoniou

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Alina Platon Alina Platon is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the mid first decade of the 21st century. She won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (K-4 1000 m: 2005) and a bronze (K-4 500 m: 2006 2006 w ...

(), Romanian sprint canoer *

Charles Platon René-Charles Platon (; 19 September 1886 – 28 August 1944) was a French admiral who was responsible for the Colonial Ministry under the Vichy government. He was a passionate supporter of the ''Révolution nationale'' (National Revolution) of V ...

(1886–1944), French admiral and supporter of Vichy France *

Clark Platon Clark Charles Platon (24 October 1930 – 4 June 2025) was a Brazilian politician. A member of the Democratic Social Party and the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, he served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1987. Platon died in Belém ...

(1930–2025), Brazilian politician *

Eugene Platon Eugene Platon () is an international yachtsman, participant of a number of world class sailing (sport), sailing events, including the most prestigious Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Volvo Ocean Race, Whitbread Round the World Race). In 1989–90, ...

(born 1959), Russian yachtsman *

Nikolaos Platon Nikolaos Platon (Greek , Anglicised ''Nicolas Platon''; – ) was a Greek archaeologist. He discovered the Minoan palace of Zakros on Crete. In 1936, after excavations near Staphylos village in Skopelos Greece, he also discovered a Minoan pit tom ...

(1909–1992), Greek archaeologist *

Ruslan Platon Ruslan Platon (born 12 January 1982) is a professional Ukrainian former football forward. Career He played the second half of the 2007/2008 season on loan at FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, and returned to play for Kharkiv next season. In 2009 July, ...

(born 1982), Ukrainian footballer *

Veaceslav Platon Veaceslav Platon (born 24 January 1973) is a Moldovan businessman and former member of the Parliament of Moldova from 2009 to 2010. He also holds Russian citizenship.

(born 1973), Moldovan businessman and politician convicted for money laundering, but later acquitted

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